We will not be swimming today
@GardenGerty (169474)
United States
February 8, 2023 7:14am CST
The water temperature at the pool is 77 degrees F. as of 5:30 this morning.
AND the boiler is broke.
And it is cloudy and gray.
The pool is indoors but we have to walk about a city block to get in.
I think that with the water being more than 20 degrees cooler than body temperature it is just too cold.
We now have three kiddos and their helpers who swim. But not today.
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@BarBaraPrz (51819)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 Feb 23
I will not be swimming today, either. 
Sunny and 2°C/36*F at 8:43am.
Sunny and 2°C/36*F at 8:43am.3 people like this
@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
8 Feb 23
You may have had more sun than we had.
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
8 Feb 23
No, this is a school, we will not be watching television. It was nice enough for outdoor recess.
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
15 Feb 23
@askme123 I work in a school with children who have physical,mental and emotional needs.
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@snowy22315 (208905)
• United States
8 Feb 23
I dont enjoy cold water swimming much..not a big fan of indoor pools in the first place..too much chlorine. The scent bothers me. I think you made a good decision.
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
8 Feb 23
Around here they use less chlorine and opt for a "salt" based purifier. I like lakes for swimming.
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@snowy22315 (208905)
• United States
8 Feb 23
@GardenGerty That is better for your skin. I prefer lakes or outdoor pools for swimming
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
15 Feb 23
@rebelann Depending on sun and wind 53 F can feel pretty nice.
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
8 Feb 23
The water is that cool. 20 degrees lower than normal body temperature. We got up to 40 today.
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@LindaOHio (222302)
• United States
8 Feb 23
You don't want to get hypothermia! Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
8 Feb 23
Nope. How are you doing today? I had better go check.
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
15 Feb 23
@LindaOHio I have not checked on your posts since last night. I know you got the furnace relit and I was glad for you. I ended up with waterlines broke in the winter of 2014 so it was very similar.
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@LindaOHio (222302)
• United States
9 Feb 23
@GardenGerty The circuit board for the furnace should be in today. We also may have someone coming to jet out the basement drains.
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
8 Feb 23
It depends on how deep the water is and whether you have some natural buoyancy.
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@thebos (5960)
• Kisumu, Kenya
10 Feb 23
@GardenGerty did you learn, seems you know much about that
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
9 Feb 23
I know I aint going swimming anytimes soon.
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
15 Feb 23
The boiler is broken and it will take some time to get it repaired.
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
8 Feb 23
That water temperature would not be very warm.
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@Marilynda1225 (91079)
• United States
8 Feb 23
That seems like a long walk to get into the pool. Does seem a bit too cool for swimming this morning.
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
8 Feb 23
The building we use is directly across the street, but the main entrance, and the entrance with a ramp are facing away from the school and the ramp is actually at the other end of the building.
@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
15 Feb 23
It would hardly be worth the effort of getting dressed and going.
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@GardenGerty (169474)
• United States
15 Feb 23
We didn't, as the temp kept dropping. Boiler is broken and needs repaired.
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